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Being Muslim in Japan

19 points by etdev 4mo ago

anon291 4mo ago
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- kokken 4mo ago
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- SirSavary 4mo ago
  The article isn't framed that way? The author had no issues finding Halal meat within Japan, their initial problem was unlabeled pork and rice wine on ingredient lists. The article even cites the Japanese Tourism Agency as a booster for Halal operations within the country.
  - anon291 4mo ago
    Why is unlabeled normal ingredients a problem? Especially when the objection is not medical but religious?
lanamo 4mo ago
Halal food does not belong to Japan, and it is very cruel. > "I realized that educating the people around me was going to be a permanent part of my life here" The entitlement and arrogant ignorance is really strong. As a German who left Germany long time ago, I really hope Japan stays Japanese. When I visit, it feels like a full system restore for me — the social harmony, the deep consideration for others, the quiet competence. It’s one of the last places that still feels good and is quiet. It’s simple systems thinking: Japan’s high-trust culture works. Japan is trying to protect it: comprehensive surveillance of mosques and Islamic-related organisations in Japan includes profiling, cameras, undercover agents, informants, and the collection of personal data. It began shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, became public through a leak in 2010, and the Supreme Court declared it legal in 2016 (stating it was "necessary and unavoidable" for counter-terrorism). Japan is nice because it is Japanese. And now I'm probably going to loose my hard-earned 46 karma points here on HN. ;-) worth it.
- akikoo 4mo ago
  Japanese Are Calling For IMMEDIATE Remigration After THIS Happened https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2dXYsLvvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2dXYsLvvo > Muslims behaving disrespectfully at Japan's most sacred Shinto shrines has shocked the internet — and the perpetrator turns out to be an Egyptian migrant from Birmingham now living as a naturalized Japanese citizen.
- 6stringronin 4mo ago
  As a German do you feel a similar sentiment about your own country? Your response doesn't seem to react to the article, but rather a response about your displeasure of immigration.
itisit 4mo ago
Tolerance is all the author is entitled to and the rest is on them to figure out. Expecting compatibility is ignorant.
- throwawaypath 4mo ago
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lthi747 4mo ago
Countries are in it state because of mix of history, culture, manners and religion. If change one of them, then they will became different places. I too simply cannot understand why someone would go to place that is clearly not a best fit for beliefs, cultural feel as home, and just try to change it to be more as he/she wish. No offense, but to be honest, that reminds me to a virus behaviour.
- akikoo 4mo ago
  > I too simply cannot understand why someone would go to place that is clearly not a best fit for beliefs, cultural feel as home, and just try to change it to be more as he/she wish. It's called hijrah (migrating for the sake of Allah), qur'an surah 4, ayat 97 to 100 (also surah 2, ayat 218).

19 points by etdev 4mo ago

anon291 4mo ago

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kokken 4mo ago
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- agree93 4mo ago
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SirSavary 4mo ago
The article isn't framed that way? The author had no issues finding Halal meat within Japan, their initial problem was unlabeled pork and rice wine on ingredient lists. The article even cites the Japanese Tourism Agency as a booster for Halal operations within the country.
- anon291 4mo ago
  Why is unlabeled normal ingredients a problem? Especially when the objection is not medical but religious?

lanamo 4mo ago

Halal food does not belong to Japan, and it is very cruel. > "I realized that educating the people around me was going to be a permanent part of my life here" The entitlement and arrogant ignorance is really strong. As a German who left Germany long time ago, I really hope Japan stays Japanese. When I visit, it feels like a full system restore for me — the social harmony, the deep consideration for others, the quiet competence. It’s one of the last places that still feels good and is quiet. It’s simple systems thinking: Japan’s high-trust culture works. Japan is trying to protect it: comprehensive surveillance of mosques and Islamic-related organisations in Japan includes profiling, cameras, undercover agents, informants, and the collection of personal data. It began shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, became public through a leak in 2010, and the Supreme Court declared it legal in 2016 (stating it was "necessary and unavoidable" for counter-terrorism). Japan is nice because it is Japanese. And now I'm probably going to loose my hard-earned 46 karma points here on HN. ;-) worth it.

akikoo 4mo ago
Japanese Are Calling For IMMEDIATE Remigration After THIS Happened https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2dXYsLvvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2dXYsLvvo > Muslims behaving disrespectfully at Japan's most sacred Shinto shrines has shocked the internet — and the perpetrator turns out to be an Egyptian migrant from Birmingham now living as a naturalized Japanese citizen.
6stringronin 4mo ago
As a German do you feel a similar sentiment about your own country? Your response doesn't seem to react to the article, but rather a response about your displeasure of immigration.

itisit 4mo ago

Tolerance is all the author is entitled to and the rest is on them to figure out. Expecting compatibility is ignorant.

throwawaypath 4mo ago
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lthi747 4mo ago

Countries are in it state because of mix of history, culture, manners and religion. If change one of them, then they will became different places. I too simply cannot understand why someone would go to place that is clearly not a best fit for beliefs, cultural feel as home, and just try to change it to be more as he/she wish. No offense, but to be honest, that reminds me to a virus behaviour.

akikoo 4mo ago
> I too simply cannot understand why someone would go to place that is clearly not a best fit for beliefs, cultural feel as home, and just try to change it to be more as he/she wish. It's called hijrah (migrating for the sake of Allah), qur'an surah 4, ayat 97 to 100 (also surah 2, ayat 218).